Author: Frank J. Tassone
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The Peony Lantern
Originally posted on Smell The Coffee: in the garden a geisha turns and beckons sweet morning dew ©Vivian Zems Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #1356 (Japanese Fairytale) The Peony Lantern (Painting by Warwick Goble)
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Renga From Japan
Originally posted on Miriam's Well: Poetry, Land Art, and Beyond: Today we’re excited to have our opening at Studio Kura. I expect to have photographs soon. But in the interim, I’m posting a renga written by me and Isabel Winson-Sagan. We started in Santa Fe in late December and finished here a few days ago.…
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Daily Haiku: Jan. 27, 2018
Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: winter moon in deep craters insomnia by Lidia Rozmus (USA/Poland), Author The Republic of Mole Hill ?
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Senryu
Originally posted on Bending moments: solitude… the time she shares with her dog (Cattails Oct.2017)
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winter woodland
Originally posted on 日本文化の愛 Nipponbunka no ai: 鳩部屋に朝日もれけり冬木立 hato beya ni asahi morekeri fuyu kodachi Into the dove cote Streams the morning sun In a winter woodland. -Yosa Buson ? Art by Okumura Koichi ? ?
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Haiku: Hawk series
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes: The last of my week of haiku for Frank Tassone’s ‘hawk’ haikai challenge. Thank you, Frank for the inspiration 🙂 The last, in this case, is first. The rest are recap. Photo©Artemy Voikhansky Fluid as a mountain torrent— hawk-flight. ? Hawk hangs, light trembles, wheeling cloud and grey feathers,…
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A Free-style Friday (9/8/17) redux …”on moments of clarity after anger”…#tankaprose #tanka #haibun
Originally posted on Frank J. Tassone: Anger Management We drive North on I-95 toward Worcester. Mira asks about Mom’s history of dependency. She still tries to get her mind around addiction. Leaves have already changed. Red, orange, yellow radiate from all the trees flanking the highway. Some leaves float on gentle breezes that come and…
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#Haiku Happenings #11: Sky’s latest #haibun!